Indigenous participation in conservation and tourism development: A case of native people of Sabah, Malaysia

Abstract

This study investigates the participation of indigenous communities in conservation and tourism development projects, specifically focusing on the native people of Sabah, Malaysia. Using the motivation, opportunity, and ability model, we conceptualize a framework for understanding the factors that influence the participation choices of this community. The results suggest that knowledge and awareness (ability) and the perceived environmental and economic impacts of tourism (motivation) have positive effects on the participation of indigenous people. Moreover, the results of this study do not support an effect for opportunity or the perceived social impacts of tourism on participation.

Applying the MOA (motivation-opportunity-ability) model for the evaluation of residents' participation in built heritage rehabilitation: the case of Constantine

“…The most remarkable finding of this study is the refutation of the second sub-hypothesis, which means that residents' participation is not influenced by the opportunities factors. This finding is consistent with the findings of Latip et al (2018). This finding means that the tested factors such as legislative and administrative facilitations, the communication channels, economical incentives, NGOs' support and confidence in building professionals, which are supposed to be available to residents of the old city of Constantine, do not affect their engagement to the built heritage rehabilitation.…”

“…Recently, some research in the built heritage field took advantage of this model (e.g. Rasoolimanesh et al, 2017;Latip, et al, 2018).…”

Identificando a evolução e os fronts de pesquisa em temáticas por meio do mapeamento bibliométrico

“…Outro destaque é termo Community Participation, que busca enfatizar a participação ativa da comunidade no desenvolvimento e organização da atividade turística (Latip, Rasoolimanesh, Jaafar, Marzuki & Umar, 2018). Contudo, como apenas duas pesquisas foram identificadas, o resultado não foi considerado suficiente para a representação de um cluster, mas merecem destaque, como por exemplo em Choi e Murray (2010).…”

Empowering indigenous communities through participation in tourism

“…According to Latip et al (2018), tourism has positive impacts on indigenous communities, including poverty reduction. In the context of indigenous participation in the tourism industry, the impact is of mutual benefit, creating desirable tourism experiences for international markets (Rasoolimanesh and Jaafar, 2016;Latip et al, 2018). However, as much as tourism development's impact has been widely investigated, the literature suggests that its impact depends on local conditions.…”